"Reaching Out" is the theme of this year's community celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to be held at First Baptist Church of Southington on Sunday, Jan. 11 beginning at 2 p.m. This is the 19th year that the church has presented the commemoration and it is the only such event in Southington. The public is welcome. Dr. Robert Bourgeois, professor of anthropology and humanities at Albertus Magnus College, will be speaking about "Immigration, Human Rights and Christian Witness." Music for the service will be provided by the Mariachi Academy of Connecticut, directed by Evangeline Mendoza Bourgeois. Dr. Robert Bourgeois studied at Holy Cross College, Yale...

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